team was aacceptable bssembled and capture or kill him. the president saying they had cooperation from the pakistani government. he thanked the president of pakistan for the assistance in this effort. they had the body. they retrieved the body. and they confirmed, in fact, it was bin laden. i assume they had dna evidence in addition to other obvious visual sightings of bin laden. they wanted to make sure they had the right individual. ed henry is over at the white house, our senior white house correspondent. the president, he was to the point. and he understood fully what this announcement means, the cheering. i can even hear it now around the world. certainly where you are at the white house. reporter: wolf, this crowd behind me at the white house was building literally as the president spoke. the president laid out new details. first, he confirmed what we reported here first, which is that osama bin laden was killed in pakistan, not in afghanistan.